ANGER OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN IN THE SOUTH

In this existential-phenomenological investigation middle-class African American women (n = 9) in the Southern United States were interviewed about their experience of anger in daily life. The purpose of the study was to examine what African American women's anger is about, what it means, and h...

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Published in:Issues in mental health nursing 1998, Vol.19 (4), p.353-373
Main Author: Becky Fields, MSN, RN Karen Reesman, MA, RN, CNAA Carolyn Robinson, MPH, RN Angela Sims, MSN, RN Kelli Edwards, MSN, RN Belinda McCall, MSN, RN Blair Short, MSN, RN Sandra P. Thomas, PhD, RN, FAAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
African Americans - psychology
Anger
Culture
European Continental Ancestry Group - psychology
Female
Humans
Internal-External Control
Middle Aged
Models, Psychological
Nursing
Nursing Methodology Research
Power (Psychology)
Prejudice
Race Relations - psychology
Southeastern United States
Women - psychology
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Summary:In this existential-phenomenological investigation middle-class African American women (n = 9) in the Southern United States were interviewed about their experience of anger in daily life. The purpose of the study was to examine what African American women's anger is about, what it means, and how it is experienced. Transcribed interviews were analyzed using a hermeneutic process. The thematic structure of African American women's anger comprises three main elements that stand out as figural: power, control, and respect. These figural elements can be understood only when seen against the ground of a racist Southern culture that produces pervasive mistrust. These findings are of importance to clinicians, who cannot deliver culturally competent interventions to African American female clients without a clear understanding of the complexity and meaning of their anger experience.
ISSN:0161-2840
1096-4673
DOI:10.1080/016128498248980